my bright sword career

Chapter 131 Night Attack
In this attack by the Japanese army, the remaining 1533 cavalrymen of the cavalry wing were wiped out, and the fourth battalion as the defensive side also suffered heavy casualties. There were only 700 people left in the whole battalion, and they had basically lost their combat effectiveness. The two sides fought a lose-lose situation.

Looking at the densely packed war horses and the corpses of the Japanese soldiers on the battlefield, Gao Hongming asked the staff at the side: "Has the battlefield been cleaned?"

"Reporting to the regiment, the Fifth Battalion has just reported that the cleaning has been completed."

Gao Hongming looked at the sky, "The weather is too hot, and the corpse will rot soon. You send someone to inform the devils on the opposite side, and tell them to come quickly to collect the corpse."

Not long after, a Willys Jeep with a small white flag hanging on it came to the Japanese position along the road. After being stopped by the Japanese army, a second lieutenant got out of the car.

The officer negotiated a few words with the guarded Japanese soldiers, and soon a major officer came from the Japanese side. The second lieutenant said to the minor officer, "Mr. Major, I have ordered you to inform you that due to the hot weather, In order to avoid the outbreak of the plague, our regiment leader suggested that the two sides cease fighting for half a day, and both sides collect the bodies of their soldiers who died in battle."

The Japanese commander took a deep look at the second lieutenant, and said in a deep voice, "I will report your army's request, please wait later."

About 10 minutes later, the major came back again: "Our division commander agreed to your request, and the two sides will start a truce from now until [-] o'clock tomorrow morning."

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"Is that what the Japanese really say?"

In the headquarters, Gao Hongming asked the second lieutenant just now.

"Yes sir, that's what the kid said," replied the second lieutenant.

Gao Hongming pondered for a while, then turned his head and asked Wu Chengfeng, "Old Wu, do you think the Japanese will abide by this time?"

Wu Chengfeng thought about it for a while: "No one can say for sure. After all, Little Japan's back-and-forth is out of name, so we have to guard against it."

"Well……"

Gao Hongming pondered for a long time, then nodded slowly...

That afternoon, there was thick smoke everywhere behind the Japanese positions. It was because the Japanese army was burning the bodies of soldiers who died in battle, so that the battlefield was filled with the smell of dead bodies.

As night fell, in the command post more than ten miles away from Qixia Pass, the small command post was illuminated very brightly by three wind lanterns. Yukio Koizumi was sitting on a stool.

Several days of high-intensity command operations and thigh pain made him look haggard, he looked around at the officers sitting around and said: "Masters...you have all seen the battle situation these days.

Gao Hongming's militia is not only stronger than the average regiment in China, but also has extremely sophisticated weapons and equipment. Objectively speaking, even the empire cannot compare with it. This is why our division has not been able to take Qixia Pass for several days s reason. "

Hearing this, the faces of the surrounding officers became very ugly.

In the past few days, not only the three regiments of the 41st Division and the planes in the sky took turns to go into battle, but also the entire cavalry regiment this morning.

Counting the cavalry regiment that was annihilated today, the number of Japanese soldiers killed and injured these days has reached more than 5000. This is an extremely astonishing number.

But even after making such a big sacrifice, Qixia Pass is still firmly in the hands of the other party, which makes it difficult for them who have always thought highly of themselves to accept it, but it is also true.

Seeing the expressions of the officers, Yukio Koizumi sighed secretly in his heart. He knew that the demise of the cavalry regiment today had shocked them so much that their mentality was greatly affected.

In fact, if possible, he really wanted to order the 41st Division to retreat immediately, but his reason told him that once this order was issued, he, the division commander, would be able to do it. It would not exceed three days at most, and a ticket to return to the mainland would be enough. It will be delivered to him, and maybe he will be escorted back by the military police.

Thinking of this, he said with a gloomy face: "Masters... just the day before yesterday, Commander Shinozuka Yoshio sent us a telegram, ordering us to take Qixia Pass within three days, but within three days The date is approaching, and we have not even been able to occupy a position of the Chinese, what do you think we should do?"

Everyone was silent for a long time, Ota Ryuji stood up suddenly and bowed: "Your Excellency, Commander, there are still eight hours before the time set by Commander Shinozuka, please allow me to lead the 67th Regiment to attack Qixia Pass immediately." Launch an attack, even if all the sixty and seventy regiments die in battle, they will not hesitate!"

"Your Excellency, Commander, the 133rd Regiment and the 134th Regiment are also willing to launch a general attack on Qixia Pass together, vowing to wipe out Gao Hongming's troops."

"I am very aware of Ota-kun's loyalty to His Majesty the Emperor and the Empire."

Yukio Koizumi stretched out his right hand and pressed down to signal him to sit down, and then he said to everyone: "Since Commander Shinozuka has given us an order, as soldiers, we can only obey.

So I decided to take advantage of the darkness tonight to launch a final attack on Qixia Pass.There was no feint or initiative in this attack. The three infantry regiments attacked the Chinese from the left and right wings and the middle at the same time. If we still can't win Qixia Pass, then let us fight to the death together! "

"I would like to follow the order of the division commander, let us serve the country with seven lives!" All the officers stood up and shouted loudly.

The allusion of Seven Lives Serving the Country comes from the words of the famous samurai Kusuki Masanari in the 14th century in Japan. He often put forward the idea of ​​"Seven Lives Serving the Country" in battle, which means serving the country faithfully and perishing with the enemy. Now this has become a Japanese militarist agitating nationalism. Propaganda weapon of expansionist ideology.

Koizumi Koizumi stood up from his chair regardless of the pain in his thigh and shouted loudly with the officers. Because the wound had not yet healed, blood began to flow from his thigh again.

When everyone's excitement stopped, Ogiwara Toda, the chief of staff at the side, was the first to notice Koizumi Yukio's strangeness.

"Hey...Your Excellency, Division Commander, your wound is bleeding again, doctor...nurse...come here quickly..."

Soon, Dr. Miyamoto and nurse Miyoko Sugita, who had been on standby outside, rushed in.

Seeing that Yukio Koizumi's wound started to bleed again, Ichiro Miyamoto frowned, and just said: "Medical kit".

Miyoko behind him hurriedly put the medicine box on the ground and opened it. Ichiro Miyamoto took out scissors and cut a big hole in Koizumi's pants around Koizumi's wound, and then took out hemostatic gauze, alcohol, sulfa powder and other drugs from the medicine box. Start bandaging his wounds.

Koizumi Xingfu didn't change his face, but he was in the mood to smile at Sugita Miyoko who was standing aside: "Miss Miyoko, I heard that your singing voice is second to none in our 41st Division. I wonder if we have the honor to listen to your wonderful song tonight." What about the singing?"

Miyoko Sugita was taken aback when she heard the words. Just now she and Ichiro Miyamoto were waiting outside, separated from the conference room by a wooden wall, so it was difficult not to hear the voices inside. Of course, I knew that these people were going to talk to Huaxia tonight. She launched a general attack, but she never expected that the other party was in the mood to listen to her singing. She was a little embarrassed for a while, and she couldn't help but look at her boss, Miyamoto Ichiro.

Although Miyamoto Ichiro on the side is not a soldier, he has known Koizumi Yukio for many years and is familiar with his character. He knew that Koizumi Yukio was trying to boost morale, so he encouraged Koizumi Yukio while bandaging Koizumi's wound: "Miss Miyoko, Since your Excellency the commander asked you to sing, you can sing, there is nothing to be embarrassed about, and it can be regarded as seeing off the soldiers who are going to war."

"All right!"

Sugita Miyoko nodded, and asked again: "I don't know what song Shituan you want to hear?"

Yukio Koizumi waved his hand, "It's up to you, you can sing whatever you want."

Miyoko Sugita thought for a while, "If that's the case, then I'll sing Kudanzaka for everyone."

Soon, she sang softly, "From Ueno Station to Kuduanzaka, I was so anxious that I couldn't tell the way. I walked all day with a cane, and I came to Kuduanzaka to see you and my son. Soaring into the sky The gate leads to the magnificent shrine, my son, now you are ascended to the sky and become a god, your useless old mother burst into tears for you! The black hen hatched the eagle, how dare your mother be! In order to let you see your golden Medal of Honor, I came to Kuduanzaka to visit your son..."

This is a song widely spread in Japan. The lyrics roughly say that an elderly mother came from the countryside to the Yasukuni Shrine in Kudanzaka with the gold medal of her son who died in battle.

Generally speaking, this is a hymn for Japanese communists, and it is naturally loved by many Japanese, especially Japanese soldiers.

However, I have to say that Miyoko Sugita sang really well, and it has the taste of Momoe Yamaguchi, who became popular in Japan in later generations. Yukio Koizumi and the officers were particularly engrossed in listening.

When the singing was over, Koizumi Xingfu lightly clapped his palms, "Ms. Miyoko's singing is really beautiful. To use Chinese words to describe it, it would be three days. If possible, I really want to keep listening, but now From time to time, let's wait until the victory and then invite Miss Miyoko to sing for the soldiers."

Miyamoto Ichiro and Miyoko, who had already bandaged their wounds, silently packed their things and left.

After the two left, Koizumi Xingfu's eyes became sharp again, "Masters... the fate of the 41st Division is at stake, let us use the blood of the Chinese to commemorate the soldiers who died in battle tonight, you guys Are you confident?"

All the officers stood up suddenly and said in unison: "I am willing to die for His Majesty the Emperor!"

"Yoxi... let's all go down and get ready now, the attack will be launched on time at 10:[-] in the morning!"

"Hi!" All the officers bowed deeply to him together.

At this time, no one mentioned the truce agreement signed with the militia just today. Perhaps in their opinion, it is good to listen to the agreement, and anyone who abides by it is a fool.

The cloud cover was particularly thick tonight, completely covering the moonlight, and the whole land was shrouded in darkness. This is the kind of weather where you can't see your fingers.

On the first line of defense 300 meters away from the road, most of the soldiers of the Fifth Battalion fell asleep. Only a few sentries were still observing the surroundings in every possible way. Fa saw something ten meters away.

"Damn it, you can't see anything in such a dark weather. If the devil touches it, it will be a lot of fun." The sentry hiding in a foxhole retracted his protruding head and complained.

"Don't worry, the devils can't figure it out." Another sentry comforted: "Didn't we just have an armistice agreement with the devils? The agreement is until tomorrow morning."

"Really, but why do I always feel that the little devil is not so honest?"

"This..." The companion hesitated for a moment, "Should the little devil also show some face?"

"boom……"

As soon as the sentinel's voice fell, there was a muffled sound in front, accompanied by a shrill scream.

"No, someone touched it, it's a little devil!"

As soon as the sentinel heard it, he knew it was the mine that the platoon leader had planted in front of him in the dark after dinner today.

Although limited by time, they only buried dozens of mines in a hurry, but the biggest purpose of laying these mines was not to kill the enemy, but to serve as an early warning. Now these mines are starting to play their role.

The explosion of the bouncing Betty seemed to be just an introduction, and several explosions sounded one after another not far away.

"Beep...beep beep..."

Accompanied by the explosion of landmines, a sharp whistle sounded immediately, and then a deafening shout sounded from ahead.

"Everyone get up...quick...the devil is coming up..."

For soldiers, the sound of gunfire is an order. When the first explosion sounded, the soldiers who had been sleeping soundly jumped up from a distance as if they were loaded with springs, and entered the battlefield in less than 30 seconds. Immediately afterwards, the familiar machine gun sound like tearing tarpaulin sounded from the position.

Yan Xiaofu, the battalion commander of the Fifth Battalion, immediately grabbed the microphone of the walkie-talkie and called out loudly: "The artillery platoon... fire me the flare...immediately..."

"Boom... boom..."

Accompanied by a dull sound, several flares were thrown into the sky, and the originally dark night sky was immediately illuminated by hot white light.

Yan Xiaofu grabbed the binoculars and looked forward, gasped. In his binoculars, densely packed Japanese troops were rushing towards their positions, and looking at these Japanese troops, he couldn't estimate the opponent's strength for a while. number of people.

Seeing that his scalp was numb, he picked up the microphone again, "Hello... artillery battalion, I am Yan Xiaofu, the commander of the Fifth Battalion, and the Japanese army launched a surprise attack on us. Hurry up and cover the front of my position to 200 meters!
What... How many devils are there?I don't have time to count, I'm afraid the whole division is here, you immediately... immediately cover with artillery fire, or you will have to collect our corpses for us later! "

What Yan Xiaofu didn't know at this time was that not only his side, but also the left and right wings of their battalion were attacked by the Japanese army at the same time. The three infantry regiments of the Japanese army launched attacks towards Qixia Pass from three directions, and the whole Qixia Pass was suddenly attacked. Guan is the shouts of Japanese soldiers.

(End of this chapter)